Re: removal suggestion: stars
aba@not.so.argh.org wrote:
> some remarks from me on that issue:
> - we don't enforce that data matches the DFSG for release of sarge
We don't?
Might be true, but then this is the first time I hear about this.
How about http://release.debian.org/sarge_rc_policy.txt ?
Is this outdated? Serious question - I might not have noticed
a change here. Please help me out if I'm wrong.
> - stars (and derivants) have a longer history in resolving that issue.
> Though I'm unhappy that stars is now not directly usable, I think the
> general tendency is ok.
I be honest I don't know what the current tendency is here and googleing
didn't help me. Is there a chance for DFSG free data files to be packaged
really soon?
> So, unless the maintainer asks for removal, I don't think that starts
> qualifies for removal _now_. Of course, if the problem is not fixed
> before release of sarge, we might still consider to do it.
Well, I wasn't opting for a removal from Debian, just from sarge.
In my eyes one purpose of the bug tracking system and it's RC severity
is to automate the task of considering the packages for release.
If the bug is closed by an upload of a working release of stars
with dependencies satisfied in main - fine.
Otherwise what's the purpose of having stars in sarge, when we agree
it's not acceptable to release the present state of it?
Tobias
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